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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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Date of issue: 5 October 2017
Date of effect: 16 October 2017
Attention:
Industries—Dairy Australia
Registered manufacturing establishments
Registered exporters and EDI users
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources—Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To notify exporters, EDI…
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On 26 February, the Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer, Dr Bertie Hennecke and staff from the Environmental Biosecurity Office travelled to Berrinba in Queensland for the first project board meeting of the National Fire Ant Eradication Program.The visit provided the perfect…
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In line with its Charter the APLC undertakes a wide range of communication and engagement activities to provide information, advice and support to stakeholder agencies, landholders and the general…
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Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cattle and buffalo that causes relatively low mortality. It does not affect humans. The disease can result in animal welfare issues and significant production losses.
Diagnosing LSD
Clinical signs may vary widely between individuals…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Innovation Pilots team has successfully used drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) samples from a waterway in Canberra.Last month, the department, along with project partners, analysed the sample collected to confirm the presence of feral…
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PLANT PEST
Leaves infected with barley stripe rust take on a yellowappearance. Frank Peairs, Bugwood.org
Barley stripe rust (exotic strains)Exotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fungal disease of barley that can cause completecrop lossesWhere it’s from: Asia, Europe, Central Africa and North,…
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The all reproductive material exports report includes total export numbers. The report is compiled from information on the export permit and health certificate issued by the department to exporters at the time of departure.Financial YearSpecies2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24Bovine656,390638,…
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Indigenous rangers are critical to Australia’s ability to maintain an early detection system for exotic pests and diseases in remote coastal areas across the north. Increasing over time, current services provided by rangers include participating in animal, plant and aquatic health surveys, insect…
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The Tree measurement manual for farm foresters describes how to measure trees and estimate the volume of 'standing wood' in a plantation.
The manual is an introduction to plantation forest measurement for users such as farm forest growers, field officers advising growers and consultants. It…
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